FAA's telecom ops were outsourced in 2004 to FL company. ($1.9 bln)

[barbaraann]

The FTI contract was awarded on July 15, 2002, to Harris Corporation. Harris has a long-standing relationship with the FAA as a systems integrator of mission-critical communication systems. The Harris FTI team is comprised of top telecommunications and technical services and support companies. Under terms of the contract, the Harris team will work with the FTI Program Office to begin planning and coordination for all the Functional Areas. As a result of contract award, implementation and program detailing activities will rapidly move forward. This is an exciting and challenging time in telecommunications and we are striving to keep our users informed of our progress every step of the way. Stay tuned for detailed information regarding contract implementation activities.
http://www.faa.gov/programs/fti/wg.htm

For info on the $1.9 billion contract:
http://www.faa.gov/programs/fti/Articles.htm

And to which political party do you suppose most Harris Corp. campaign contributions go?
http://tray.com/cgi-win/x_pacdonations.exe?DoFn=&CmteID=C00100321&sYR=00&DW=0


And do you suppose Harris would respond as effectively to a disaster in a Blue State as to a disaster in a Red State?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4870597&mesg_id=4870597

The Republicans are turning control of our Federal government over to Republican-controlled corporations. The goal is total and unaccountable power and a complete transfer of the Federal treasury to Republican corporations.

[firefox]

1. Are we a fascist country?

We might not all be on the same page, but we need to be on the same book. Are we a fascist country or not? The bastards are over my line. My answer is yes.

[tofubo]

2. since you can't see my signature anymore...

help stop this country from becoming a fundamentalist theocracy aiding and abetting a kleptocratic war profiteering police state that continues to remove civil liberties from americans on the premise of fighting a never ending war on a transitive adverb ø¤º°°º¤ø¤º°°º¤ø¤º°°º¤ø¤º°°º¤ø¤º°°º¤ø

[barbaraann]

3. I think we're hanging by a thread.

n/t

[indepat]

4. Wonder if the next lowest bid was $1.95B